LONDON, Jan. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A recent survey conducted by Censuswide on behalf of KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, offers a detailed look into the similarities and differences of security attitudes, behaviours and policies adopted by over 6,000 employed individuals across six countries: the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and South Africa. Alongside an investigation into the public’s confidence in spotting online scams, KnowBe4 also reveals an improvement in rapport between employees and IT security teams. In fact, the vast majority (87%) of respondents admit to feeling very or somewhat comfortable to report a security issue, violation or mistake with their security team.
When asked, “How confident are you at spotting [various types of] online scams?” nearly 83% of all respondents felt Very Confident or Quite Confident overall in spotting email phishing. Only 16% of total respondents felt Not Very Confident or Not At All Confident, when looking at email phishing. But Norway’s Not Confident percentage came in at nearly 43%. In the UK, only 10% of respondents felt they were lacking confidence in detecting online scams and 62% said they had never fallen for any type of online scam. This is an interesting and quite a large difference in confidence levels for detecting online scams between Norway and the UK.
Another question asked, “How…
